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Centriole
//ˈsɛntɹɪˌəʊl// noun
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Noun
- 1 A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).
"The aster is at this period closely similar to those of Ascaris at certain periods, as figured by Boveri, and the red mass with its central group of granules corresponds exactly, I think, to Boveri's "centrosome" with its "Centralkorn" or "centriole" ("centrosphere" with its "centrosome" in Strasburger's terminology)."
- 2 one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis wordnet
Etymology
From Latin centriolum, diminutive of centrum. English equivalent centri- + -ole.
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